Thalassemia - A global public health problem

Nature Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 847-849

  Weatherall, D J ^a   Clegg, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; AZACITIDINE; BETA GLOBIN; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHELATING AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN E; HYDROXYUREA;

BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHELATION THERAPY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THALASSEMIA;

FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0029843953     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0896-847     Document Type: Review

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